Small-scale, incremental interventions in cities will be explored in the first Tactical Urbanism Salon, scheduled for this Saturday in Long Island City, Queens.
Masdar, the futuristic urban development in Abu Dhabi, is in the wrong place and largely dependent on conventional transportation, but it's impressive nonetheless.
Residents of the Geneva area continue to debate a building that stretches horizontally for seven-tenths of a mile, rises 12 to 14 stories high, and contains 2,780 apartments.
Contrary to expectations, many businesses have moved into Lower Manhattan in the decade since 9/11, and the number of people living downtown has doubled.
The eye of Hurricane Irene came right across the new town of Schooner Bay, and except for a few outdoor ceiling fans, the buildings sustained no damage at all.
James Howard Kunstler, pessimist extraordinaire, traveled much of the Western world recently, and he’s brought back vivid tales of eight cities, at least three of which are in his view going straight to hell.
